Downton Abbey, any fans?

Lilac said:
I believe the village in the show was named Downton.
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Season 2 Disk 1, the train pulls into the station a second time, and this time there is a huge sign announcing the village of Downton.
 

My wife and I have watched the series and movies multiple times and still enjoy the dialogue and characters. We also re-watch Driving Miss Daisy, The Shootist, The Hunt for Red October, The Great Escape, We Were Soldiers and On Golden Pond (although I have a distinct dislike for Hanoi Jane Fonda).
 
My wife and I have watched the series and movies numerous times. It was interesting watching how the elite lived back then with their dinner gongs and all. I was on Reddit the other day and saw this post on the Downton Abby subreddit. I thought it was both funny and spot on. (Warning, spoilers)

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Downton Abbey is wild because the stakes are always either SUPER low or crazy high.

It's like, one episode is, "Who will win the gardening contest at the fair? Is the countess cheating?"

And another episode is, "The eldest daughter's fiancé died on the Titanic, then she hooked up with a Turkish diplomat, her first ever sexual experience, and he DIED IN HER BED DURING THE CONJUGAL ACT, and now she has to move his corpse back to his bed without being suspected of murder, BECAUSE IT COULD START A WAR, and also if people find out she's 'damaged goods' and she can't find an advantageous match, her family will LOSE THEIR ANCESTRAL HOME!"

Then the show's like, "A maid wants to become a secretary! Will she beat the odds?"
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Some of the story lines were realistic - after the war, maids did have the option of training for other jobs like secretarial work.

Others are very far fetched.

But still, it is escapist drama - nobody claims it is a documentary,
 
@MoBeans, your post reminds me of one lady we've known for years who has done Downton-style entertaining even before the show. It was nice at first, but that kind of dining is way beyond what anyone has done since that era. All of her guests have good manners, but heaven forbid you do a faux pas. I would rather be reprimanded by the Dowager Countess for breaking etiquette than her, LOL.
 
In Bridgerton, every character refers to their town as the "ton." It took me a while to realize what they were talking about. Maybe in the old days, that really was the way people pronounced "town."
 
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